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view Abstract Citations (20) References (49) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS The Statistics of Gamma-Ray Burst Lensing Grossman, Scott A. ; Nowak, Michael A. Abstract Possibly the only unambiguous verification that gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are at cosmological distances would be the observation of multiple images of a gravitationally lensed burst. Each image would arrive at a different time, but would exhibit a light curve identical to those of the others. We improve upon previous calculations of GRB lensing by using revised cosmological burst models based upon better knowledge of burst spectra, and we consider several sets of cosmological parameters. Only lensing by the known population of galaxies is considered, and we compute the lensing rate and amplification bias using three different lens models. Assuming that 800 bursts per year are above the detection threshold of the BATSE experiment on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, we predict one lensing event every 1.5-25 years, with a median time delay between images of about 7 days. However, BATSE has an instrumental efficiency of about 12% for detecting double bursts, decreasing the detection rate to fewer than one per century for some cosmological parameters. This inefficiency can be overcome partially if cases of quadruple imaging by elliptical potentials are common, but simulations show that lensing by elliptical potentials enhances the detection rate by only about 20%. We conclude that it is unlikely that the BATSE experiment will detect a lensed burst, but that a future experiment, which is either much more sensitive or has a much more efficient duty cycle, could. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: November 1994 DOI: 10.1086/174836 arXiv: arXiv:astro-ph/9401047 Bibcode: 1994ApJ...435..548G Keywords: Astronomical Models; Energy Spectra; Galaxies; Gamma Ray Astronomy; Gamma Ray Bursts; Gamma Ray Observatory; Gravitational Lenses; Cosmology; Luminosity; Mathematical Models; Red Shift; Astronomy; COSMOLOGY: GRAVITATIONAL LENSING; GAMMA RAYS: BURSTS; GAMMA RAYS: OBSERVATIONS; Astrophysics E-Print: 23 pages, plain TeX (revised to TeX easily), figures available by anonymous ftp full text sources arXiv | ADS |
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